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Originally Posted by Guest
Go back and watch the video again. The choke hold is BEFORE the punches in the head. Ask Eric Garner about choke holds and the risk of death and tell me you don't understand why someone would resist. I think you have been living in a complete information bubble if you in any way think this video is not "factual". And the fact that it is not all over the media, or at least the media you may be exposed to tells you something about how they filter their content. Or maybe another black man being pummeled by police is no longer news.
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Okay, I'm going to try this one more time - I have stated at least twice now that I felt that the head punches were totally inappropriate, no matter what went down there. But here are my concerns - there is no audio with that video, so when he opened his door (which is always inappropriate when stopped by a policeman) and then had to be pulled out of the car, we have no idea what was said and/or going on. I did not say that the video was not factual!! BUT, the news reports to me are questionable. One implies that the man in the car had cocaine in the car and others have insinuated that the police planted it there. So what exactly are the facts?? A video with no sound can not possibly give a complete story and that is all that I was saying. It also seems very strange to me that #1) this happened in January and just coming out in the news NOW??, and #2) why is this only being reported in selected media - NBC, MSNBC - not seeing it on CBS, ABC, or any other major news outlet. You don't find that kind of strange?? No information bubble here, how about you?